APPLICATION FOR NEW COURSE

1. Submitted by the College of Dentistry Date: 03/16/2009

Department/Division proposing course: Oral Health Practice - Division of Oral Diagnosis, Medicine and Radiology

2. Proposed designation and Bulletin description of this course:

a. Prefix and Number ODM 810

b. Title* Basic Principles in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology *If title is longer than 24 characters, write a sensible title (24 characters or less) for use on transcripts:

c. Courses must be described by at least one of the categories below. Include the number of actual contact hours per week for

each category, as applicable.

( ) CLINICAL ( ) COLLOQUIUM ( ) DISCUSSION ( ) LABORATORY ( 1 ) LECTURE

( ) INDEPEND. STUDY ( ) PRACTICUM ( ) RECITATION ( ) RESEARCH ( ) RESIDENCY

( 1 ) SEMINAR ( ) STUDIO ( ) OTHER – Please explain:

d. Please choose a grading system: Letter (A, B, C, etc.) Pass/Fail

e. Number of credit hours: 2

f. Is this course repeatable? YES NO If YES, maximum number of credit hours: g. Course description:

This course presents the basic principles of oral and maxillofacial radiology, including radiation biology, radiation physics and Imaging Principles, radiation protection and safety, and radiology techniques. Lecture, 20 hours; seminar, 4.5 hours.

h. Prerequisite(s), if any:

Admission to the College of Dentistry

i. Will this course be offered through Distance Learning? YES NO If YES, please circle one of the methods below that reflects how the majority of the course content will be delivered:

Internet/Web-

based Interactive

video Extended campus Kentucky Educational Television (KET/teleweb) Other

Please describe “Other”:

3. Teaching method: N/A or Community-Based Experience Service Learning Component Both

4. To be cross-listed as: NA Prefix and Number Signature of chair of cross-listing department

APPLICATION FOR NEW COURSE

5. Requested effective date (term/year): Spring / 2010

6. Course to be offered (please check all that apply): Fall Spring Summer 7. Will the course be offered every year? YES NO

If NO, please explain:

8. Why is this course needed?

This course will provide to the first year dental students the basic and fundamental concepts in radiology, including physics, radiation biology, radiation protection and safety, and an introduction in intraoral radiographs.

9. a. By whom will the course be taught? Oral Radiology Faculty

b. Are facilities for teaching the course now available? YES NO

If NO, what plans have been made for providing them?

10. What yearly enrollment may be reasonably anticipated?

57

11. a. Will this course serve students primarily within the department? Yes No b. Will it be of interest to a significant number of students outside the department? YES NO If YES, please explain.

12. Will the course serve as a University Studies Program course†? YES NO

If YES, under what Area?

†AS OF SPRING 2007, THERE IS A MORATORIUM ON APPROVAL OF NEW COURSES FOR USP. 13. Check the category most applicable to this course:

traditional – offered in corresponding departments at universities elsewhere

relatively new – now being widely established

not yet to be found in many (or any) other universities

14. Is this course applicable to the requirements for at least one degree or certificate at UK? Yes No

15. Is this course part of a proposed new program? YES NO

If YES, please name:

16. Will adding this course change the degree requirements for ANY program on campus? YES NO If YES‡, list below the programs that will require this course: